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Charting the Land of Great Loneliness

By Carin Clevidence

Estranged Modernisms

By Spencer Lee-Lenfield

Earthlings

By Jeff VanderMeer

Ordnance

By Steven Duong

Shiva Rahbaran

Shiva Rahbaran studied literature and political science at the University of Düsseldorf (Germany) and obtained her DPhil in English literature on the works of Nicholas Mosley from the University of Oxford (UK). She is the author of several articles and books on Iranian cinema as well as Persian and English literature. Her books include The Paradox of Freedom: A study of the life and writings of Nicholas Mosley and, most recently, Iranian Cinema Uncensored. For her short story “Massoumeh,” she won the 2016 Wasafiri New Writing Prize. She is currently working on a novel on an Iranian family during the time of the revolution.
Essay Lit World

A Partnership with God

By Shiva Rahbaran February 2, 2018
The novelist Nicholas Mosley saw humanity’s salvation at the confluence of love, faith, and technology.
Interview Lit World

Amir Hassan Cheheltan: Myth About Myths

By Shiva Rahbaran November 1, 2011
The Iranian writer on the tension between artists and intellectuals, the power of mysticism, and the long-lasting effects of the 1979 revolution.
Interview Lit World

Simin Behbahāni: The Lioness of Iran

By Shiva Rahbaran October 1, 2011
Iran’s most prominent poet, a two-time Nobel nominee, on the greatest epic in history, the nightmare of censorship, and why her country will eventually achieve democracy.
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